商品簡介
The work of presenting narratives of military history that reach beyond and challenge familiar public conceptions of the field is an immense task.Interpreting American Military History at Museums and Historic Siteshelps interpreters achieve that goal by describing methods and information helpful to institutions charged with the care of collections and interpretation of stories that relate to military history, or places whose mission is to preserve and interpret some aspect of our military’s past. The book acts as a primer for those unfamiliar with academic trends of the last forty years. Historiography of American military history, like that of other sub-fields, shifts as new information surfaces or as perspectives change. Secondly, it uses case studies to showcase how museums and historic sites can take this information and create programs, interpretive media, outreach strategies, and mission goals that are relevant to the public and the institution charged with serving them.
作者簡介
Marc K. Blackburn earned a BA in history at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington and a Ph.D. with an emphasis on modern American military and diplomatic history from Temple University.. Greenwood Press published his dissertation, “A New Form of Transportation, The Quartermaster Corps and Standardization of the US Army’s Motor Trucks” in 1996.
He has worked for the National Park Service since 1994, presently at the Nez Perce National Historical Park in Idaho. Dr. Blackburn has always been drawn to interpretation – facilitating opportunities for the public to make connections to the meanings inherent in the resources we protect. He has worked as a peer reviewer in the NPS interpretive development program since 2004 and has given presentations on various aspects of historical interpretation at the Western Museum Association and the National Association for Interpretation annual meetings.
